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The trick is to not play games with a rootkit
I only still have a windows install (that hasn't been booted for months at this point) just for my VR headset. Just can't get good performance out of Linux using it.
Just wanted to mention there are a few other reasons beside rootkits to still use windows, unfortunately.
I was able to play HL Alyx with an Index, on... I think it was an AMD 5950X CPU and an AMD 6900 XT GPU... on PopOS!... back in... 2022.
Not saying you are any kind of 'wrong', just saying it is possible now, and was even possible back in 22, to get very good VR performance out of a linux system... full res, maxxed out settings, 90hz/fps good.
You could replicate my old build now for roughly .. 65% the cost as I paid for the same parts back then. 5950x current sale price is less than half what it once was, 6900XT current sale price is a bit more than half, though you have to look a bit harder... GPU market is just generally insane right now.
EDIT: For a long while, generally speaking... AMD stuff is better supoorted and more performant on Linux... because many of the drivers are much much more open source.
Also... AMD CPUs and GPUs synergize and perform better when paired with each other, then pairing an Nvidia GPU with an AMD CPU, or Intel CPU with AMD GPU.
If Intel can pump up its GPU game, it may be able to achieve a similar result, but so far their GPUs... while honestly pretty good for the performance/price range they're in... they just don't come as close to the high end of GPU performance yet.